Rep. Laura Bradford[2], with her daughter, Meredith, by her side, talked to reporters today.

Here’s what House leaders had to say today after Rep. Laura Bradford managed to avoid a drunken-driving arrest because of a clause in the constitution.

Speaker Frank McNulty[3], R-Highlands Ranch: “Clearly there needs to be some clarification of what legislative privilege means, there is no doubt about that. It was intended to protect members’ votes and not intended to keep members from being cited.”

Minority Leader Mark Ferrandino[4], D-Denver: “What we want to be sure of is no legislator is getting any special treatment. We all need to be treated just like every other citizen. There’s no get-out-of- jail-free card.”

“I was driving my personal car with legislative license plates,” Bradford said in her apology to her colleagues this morning. “In response to the officer’s inquiries, I stated that I was leaving a legislative function and needed to be at the Capitol the next day. I responded to officers’ questions. My statements were not intended to invoke legislative privilege.”

But Denver police felt she did invoke invoke Article 5, Section 16 of the Colorado Constitution[6], which basically was designed to make sure a lawmaker on the way to a vote could not be detained.

Ferrandino said he thought the police department’s interpretation was “overly board” and hopes legislators can meet with them.

“We also don’t want to rush so quickly to get rid of something that’s been in the Constitution since its beginning,” he said.